Bonzo
Member Since 2015
My name is Bryan but to most that know me well I'm Bonz, a retired old fart living with my lovely wife and 2 puds. Missy and Wes are indoor cats, which seems to doom them to a life of boredom. We've lost so many cats to cars, disease, and predators that we've tried to make their lives as interesting as possible in a protected environmemt. Pud's don't stop and look both ways when they cross the street ( and they will try, it's their nature).
Missy and Wes are Blue Jay's and Leaf's fans, Missy is obnoxious while Wes is a loveable and newly diagnose diabetic Maine Coon male. In March we noticed Wes was peeing nonstop and was covered with clumping litter which was a departure from his normal pristine self. We took him to our vet about the middle of March and about that time I started to follow this site and felineinfo. I quickly realized that I had to quarterback Wes's care and filter most of the information received from our vetinary community.
Wes has been on caninsuline U40 since the middle of march. I do understand the concept of the obligate carnivore and changed Wes to as low a carb diet as was possible. He feeds on Go Salmon and the Chicken and Duck mixture, since I'm not wealthy I supplement the Go with Fancy Feast Pate's. Missy gets an optional Fancy Feast Schredded Tuna and whatever dry food we had left over (Go Ckn).
Wes and Missy have access to the low carb foods. Wes only gets the low carb canned.
I ordered and received my free Contour glucometer even though the vet said it was a POS and I use $34 per 100 BD U100 syringes . My vet informs me that I could kill my cat using them even though I'm capable of dividing by 2.5. They want $65 per 100 plus tax vs the tax free syringes from the pharmacy. I buy my supplies on "Old Farts Day" for a 20% discount at Shoppers Drug Mart.
Wes is listless and sleeps much of the time and I make sure he access to fresh food through out the day and night./ He does have his moments and I'm hoping he comes around. His grooming has improved and his coat is thicker and has that Maine Coon sheen once again.
I give him 2.4 units of U40 Caninsulin twice daily. . My next step is to decide whether or not to stay with my current vet.
I'm trying more fully document We's condition. I've run some "mini curves"where I take readings through part of the days cycle. Some days I can get a decent blood sample, others I'm lucky to get one or two. Rather than force run blood samples every 2 hours, do as many as Wes is comfortable with and then extrapolate.
ie: if I record blood glucose from pre injection through the first 6-8 hours one day, complete the rest of the curve the next day. If I continually seek his high and low blood glucose I should get a better idea of where I'm at. Samples taken under minimal stress should be more usefull
Just to make it clear, it was my idea to do home testing
That's a lot to unload in one shot, so thanks for listening
For now
Bryan
AKA Bonzo
Missy and Wes are Blue Jay's and Leaf's fans, Missy is obnoxious while Wes is a loveable and newly diagnose diabetic Maine Coon male. In March we noticed Wes was peeing nonstop and was covered with clumping litter which was a departure from his normal pristine self. We took him to our vet about the middle of March and about that time I started to follow this site and felineinfo. I quickly realized that I had to quarterback Wes's care and filter most of the information received from our vetinary community.
Wes has been on caninsuline U40 since the middle of march. I do understand the concept of the obligate carnivore and changed Wes to as low a carb diet as was possible. He feeds on Go Salmon and the Chicken and Duck mixture, since I'm not wealthy I supplement the Go with Fancy Feast Pate's. Missy gets an optional Fancy Feast Schredded Tuna and whatever dry food we had left over (Go Ckn).
Wes and Missy have access to the low carb foods. Wes only gets the low carb canned.
I ordered and received my free Contour glucometer even though the vet said it was a POS and I use $34 per 100 BD U100 syringes . My vet informs me that I could kill my cat using them even though I'm capable of dividing by 2.5. They want $65 per 100 plus tax vs the tax free syringes from the pharmacy. I buy my supplies on "Old Farts Day" for a 20% discount at Shoppers Drug Mart.
Wes is listless and sleeps much of the time and I make sure he access to fresh food through out the day and night./ He does have his moments and I'm hoping he comes around. His grooming has improved and his coat is thicker and has that Maine Coon sheen once again.
I give him 2.4 units of U40 Caninsulin twice daily. . My next step is to decide whether or not to stay with my current vet.
I'm trying more fully document We's condition. I've run some "mini curves"where I take readings through part of the days cycle. Some days I can get a decent blood sample, others I'm lucky to get one or two. Rather than force run blood samples every 2 hours, do as many as Wes is comfortable with and then extrapolate.
ie: if I record blood glucose from pre injection through the first 6-8 hours one day, complete the rest of the curve the next day. If I continually seek his high and low blood glucose I should get a better idea of where I'm at. Samples taken under minimal stress should be more usefull
Just to make it clear, it was my idea to do home testing
That's a lot to unload in one shot, so thanks for listening
For now
Bryan
AKA Bonzo

